Baby-carriage.



No. 638,972. Patented Dec. 12, 1399.

N. &. B. H. MAY.

BABY CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Sept. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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MARTIN MAY AND BERNARD I'I. MAY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BABY-'CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,972, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed September 23,1899. Serial No. 731,380. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, MARTIN MAY and BERNARD II. MAY, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby Oarriages or Perarnbulato'rs,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in baby-carriages or perambulators, the object of the invention being to provide a carriage so constructed that the body portion, comprising the back, the sides, and the foot or dash, may be adjusted upon a transverse horizontal pivot, so as to change its inclination with reference to the stationary and approximately horizontal seat of the carriage, the purpose of such adjustment being to adapt the carriage to support its occupant in either a sitting or reclining position.

The invention is fully described and claimed in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carriage embodying our improvement, the body being tipped backward, so as to bring it into the reclining position above referred to. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Vertical section of the carriage with the wheels removed, the bodybeing in its raised or sitting position; and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the views, A B are the rear and the front wheels, respectively, of the carriage embodying our invention, the wheels being arranged in pairs upon parallel horizontal axles a b in the usual manner. The axles are connected -by means of two longitudinally-extending curved springs S S, placed near the ends of the axles, and the front ends of the springs are turned upward and backward, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Upon these upwardlyturned ends are secured upwardly-extending curved bars C C, and the upper ends of these bars, together with the highest points of the springs S S, form the base of support of the stationary seat D of the carriage, as well as the rearwardly and upwardly extending handles E, joined at their upper ends by a transverse bar 6 in a manner common in baby carriages of all kinds. Upon the parallel side bars of the seat D are pivotally secured two parallel bars F F, forming a part of the body of the carriage, and to these parallel bars are rigidly fastened the back and side pieces of the body, the side pieces being extended forward and connected transversely, so'as to form the foot and dash of the carriage. The bodyis thus adapted to be oscillatedupon its transverse pivot, its rearward limit of oscillation being reached when the back strikes the upwardly-extending handles, as shown in Fig. 1, and its forward limit of oscillation being reached when the foot rests upon the lower ends of the curved bars C C, as shown in Fig. 2. When the body is in the position of adjustment shown in Fig. 1, the

foot portion is approximately flush with the seat, and the back extends upward and backward from the rear edge of the seat, and when it is in the position of adjustment shown in Fig. 2 the foot is dropped considerably below the level of the seat, While the back extends upward from the rear edg'eof the seat in a nearly-vertical position. The adjustment last described, therefore, adapts the carriage to support its occupant in a sitting position, while the other adjustment adapts it to support the occupant of the carriage in a reclining position.

The body may be secured in either position of adjustment by means of any simple lock as, for instance, by the adjustable button G. (Shown in thedrawings.) When the body is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the button may be placed in the position shown in that figure and will prevent any considerable movement of the body, and when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2 the button, as shown in that figure, prevents upward movement of the foot or front end of the body. When the body is in its reclining position, there is scarcely .any need of any lock to hold it in place, the reclining position of the occupant of the carriage being sufficient for that purpose; but when the body is in the position shown in Fig. 2 it' is very desirable, and in fact necessary, to provide some sort of lock for preventing the accidental backward movement of the body.

It is evident that the specific construction of the carriage shown in the drawings is not essential to our invention, since the seat might be supported from-the axles by any other desired means instead of the springs S S and bars 0 0.

Having now described and explained our invention,- What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a baby-carriage, the combination with the Wheels and axles and a seat suitably supported upon said axles, of a body portion cornprisinjg the back, the sides and the foot or dash; said body portion being mounted upon a transverse pivot and being adjustable by rocking it upon said pivot; substantially as shown and described.

2. In a baby-carriage, the combination with the Wheels, the axles and a seat suitably sup- 

